Designer & Desktop Feature list
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| GENERAL | |||
| Intuitive Office 365 style user interface |  |
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| Extensive contextual help with inline tips to empower business users | |
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| Free phone and e-mail technical support for software evaluation and registered users | |
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| 20 User interface Languages | |
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| Accepts and prints data in any language - Unicode data support | |
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| Single straightforward installer for 32 and 64 bit environments | |
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| Users or Printers | Single user and unlimited printers | Single user and unlimited printers or unlimited users and 3,5 or 10 printers |
Unlimited users and 3,5 or 10 printers |
| TEMPLATE DESIGN | |||
| Label setup wizard for quick start with best printing quality and performance | |
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| Text, barcodes, lines, boxes, circles, clip art, images and PDF files | |
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| Print objects in reverse/negative: white on black | |
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| Windows system and built-in printer fonts support | |
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| Rich text object including powerful editor with support for tables and more | |
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| Printing of supply chain documents like delivery notes, pick lists, packing slips, reports, etc. | |
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| Object panel to quickly find and manage objects on the complex label templates | |
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| Extensive RFID support | |
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| Fit-text-to-box (dynamic point size) | |
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| Text on ellipse | |
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| Wrap-text-to-shape (word-wrapping and text justification to non-rectangular shapes) | |
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| Object alignment tools with snap-to-objects and arbitrary rotation of all objects | |
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| Relative object positioning and variable label length | |
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| Library of ready-to-use international standards compliance label templates | |
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| More than 70 linear and 2D barcode symbologies with support for printer-based barcodes | |
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| Intuitive GS1 Application Identifier Data Source Wizard | |
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| Automatic check digit calculation | |
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| Place "human readable" text anywhere in relation to barcodes | |
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| Customizable "human readable" character template | |
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| Object printing based on dynamic data (business rules) | |
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| Unlimited undo and redo commands | |
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| Security: lock label design with a password | |
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| DYNAMIC DATA | |||
| Single screen for straightforward management of dynamic data (Dynamic Data Manager) | |
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| Import and Export Dynamic data definitions | |
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| Keyboard or scanner input at print time | |
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| Decimal counters | |
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| Full serialization including support for printer-based serial numbers | |
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| Date and Time fields sourced from PC or Printer | |
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| Print data from Excel and text files | |
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| Full database connectivity to almost any existing database | |
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| Custom SQL database queries | |
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| Reusable connections to multiple databases and tables within the label or solution | |
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| Variable graphic fields including graphics sourced from database and base64-encoded data | |
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| 10+ prebuilt functions for efficient data concatenation and processing | |
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| VBScript and Python scripting for custom data processing | |
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| ON-DEMAND CONTROLED PRINTING AND PRINT PRODUCTIVITY | |||
| Auto-built, all-in-one printing form with data entry controls and dynamic print job preview | |
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| Customizable data-entry filters and error checking | |
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| Print time database record selection on a single screen | |
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| Secure operator environment for efficient document selection and printing (NiceLabel Print | |
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| Single click creation of shortcuts for printing | |
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| Adaptable print form for improved control and efficiency (recommended for touch screens) | |
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| Responsive form design to fit different screen resolutions | |
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| Spellchecking for manual data entry | |
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| Integrated no-programming graphical application builder for building efficient labelling solutions for controlled printing | |
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| Fully configurable user experience with 15+ prebuilt user interface controls and support for multiple forms | |
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| Workflow and business rules editor including 40+ actions for printing labels, database queries, integrations with scales, PLCs… | |
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| Solution document type can contain multiple labels and forms for improved dynamic data management and portability | |
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| Integrated PDF engine for optimized PDF document creation without 3rd party tools | |
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| Support for multi-lingual custom applications | |
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| Interface and control peripheral devices, weight scales, PLCs… | |
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| Automatic serial port monitoring for Weight Scale Integration | |
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| Dynamic stock switching – print the same template in different rotations and on different media types | |
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| INTEGRATED PRINTING | |||
| Native 32 and 64-bit Windows service for printing integration (Automation Easy) | |
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| Graphical integration builder for no-programing integration configuration | |
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| 4 prebuilt connectors (File drop, Serial port, Database and TCP/IP socket) for integration with wide variety of systems and devices | |
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| Workflow and business rules editor including 15+ actions for printing labels, data processing and network communication | |
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| Dynamic print job preview during configuration | |
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| Structured text data (CSV and fixed-width columns) processing | |
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| NiceLabel JOB and XML format data processing | |
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| Unstructured text and binary data processing | |
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| Dedicated integration manager with extensive logging | |
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| .NET API for programing integration | |
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| PRINTING | |||
| Native support for 4000+ label and marking devices | |
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| Support for all laser/inkjet printers with a Windows driver | |
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| Local and network printer support | |
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| Speed optimization reuses repeating data instead of resending it | |
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| Session print - combines multiple labels in a single print job for performance | |
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| Color separation (for GHS labeling) | |
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| Batch printing: header and tail labels | |
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| Two-sided ("duplex") design and printing | |
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| Advanced printer cutter control | |
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| Store and Recall label templates from printer's memory | |
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